U.S. History
Unit 1 Project: Roots of the American People (Chapters 1-4)
Unit Theme = Origins
Time Period = Prehistory-1750
Unit 1 Project Workspace
Period 1

Directions: This document serves many purposes.
  1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentation.
  2. Record your preliminary project topic
  3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
  4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
  5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation in the final column.

Grading:

  • Titles will receive a score of either 10 (Advanced), 7 (Developing), 5 (Basic), or 0 (Not submitted)
  • Make sure your title:
    • includes a title and subtitle separated by a colon
    • has proper capitalization and spelling
    • is both creative and describes the content
  • Objectives will receive a score of either 10 (Advanced), 7 (Developing), 5 (Basic), or 0 (Not submitted)
  • Make sure your objective:
    • completes the sentence: "The student will be able to..."
    • is clear ( We know people, place, documents, and ideas to be discussed)
    • is measureable (It describes how students will demonstrate an understanding
    • has proper capitalization and spelling

Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3: Title and Objective(s) for the presentation
Visual Aid
3 Chris Griffin
Title:America's Harshest Act:Slavery in the Colonies
Objective: Explain when and how slavery started in the Americas

5 Emily Stoehr
Title: The 13 Original: Comparing the Middle, New England, and Southern Colonies
Objective: Compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies by their geography, economy, government, and ethnic and religious views.
Poster
6 Nora Vaughan
Title: The Columbian Exchange: The Collision of Cultures
Objectives:
1. Describe how and when The Columbian Exchange started
2. Provide three examples of animals, plants, diseases, or ideas
Poster
7 Hale Knox
Title: Colonial Government: Not One Type, But Three
Objective: Students should be able to match each colony with its type of government.
PowerPoint
9 Brian Ward
Title:
Objective: Who are the Sahwnee?

10 Ben McGraw
Title: Discovering a new world: The voyages of Christopher Columbus
Objective: the class should be able to list where each of Columbus's four voyages were to

11 Anna Albers
Title: Then and Now: Contrasting Colonial and Modern Day Education
Objective: List 3 things that were different between colonial and modern day education.
PowerPoint
12 Maya Bradley
Title: Roanoke: The Lost Colony
Objectives:
1) Describe a probable or possible theory to the disappearance of the colonists at Roanoke
2) Describe who John White was.
PowerPoint
13 Gabrielle Schwartzmiller
Title: Christopher Columbus; The Childhood Years
Objective: Was Christopher Columbus always intrested in sailing when he was a child? What led Christopher to going on the voyage to the founding of America

14 Patrycja Bandosz
Title: Eastern Woodlands: The Lives of the Amazing Indians
Objective:After I am done with my presentation, I want everyone in the class to describe where the Eastern Woodland Indians lived, what were their traditions, and how they dressed.
PowerPoint
15 Avery Davis
Title: iroquois: from their eyes
Objective: List at least 4 basic facts about the iroquouis...

16 Gracie Leibow
Title: Thanksgiving Through the Ages: Comparing the First Thanksgiving to Today
Objective: List 3 differences between the First Thanksgiving and today's modern Thanksgiving

17 Brendan Duffy
Title: Nothing Goes to Waste: Indians of the Great Plains
Objective: List three ways of how the Native Americans of the Great Plains used the buffalo.
PowerPoint
18 Amanda Darabant
Title: The Middle Passage: African Slave Trade
Objective: List three ways the Middle Passage affected Africans.
Poster
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20 Hannah Steele
Title: The real Pocahontas: The difference between Disney's Pocahontas and reality Pocahontas
Objective: list the differences between the real Pocahontas and Disney's Pocahontas

21 Amy Howard
Title: Hanging the Witches: The Salem Witch Trials
Objective:To be able to say who the original person was to say witches had come.

22 Adam Shrum
Title: ?
Objective: ?